by RoginaJack » 04 Jun 2020, 3:44 pm
Update on Queensland Weapon Licence Procedures are changing... (thanks SSAA)
NEW LICENCE APPLICATION PROCESS UPDATE – From QLD Weapons Licensing
02 June 2020
Good Afternoon,
The Queensland Police Service has partnered with Australia Post to update the way new
weapons licence applications are lodged both online and in-person.
From 18 June 2020, new weapons licence applications will be received via Australia Post.
As part of the new process, when applicants lodge a new licence application online, they will
need go to their local participating Post Office to confirm their identity. For applications
completed manually on a form downloaded from Weapons Licensing, applicants will be
asked to attend a Post Office with the application form and supporting documentation for
processing.
For areas where participating Post Offices are not available, such as some rural and remote
communities, new weapons licence applications can still be completed at police stations,
however, we encourage the use of Australia Post outlets where-ever possible as this will
assist with gaining business efficiencies and faster processing times in Weapons Licensing.
The Queensland Police Service is committed to data security and the protection of the
applicant’s privacy. All information collected by Australia Post will be transmitted to the
Queensland Police Service via secure file transfer protocols. Business rules and timelines
have also been developed to ensure there is no retention of personal data by Australia Post
beyond that required for digitising applications, identity verification and the transfer of
information to Weapons Licensing for processing and case assessment.
All other weapons application types are to continue being lodged at Queensland police
stations or on the Queensland Police Service website.
To enable the transition to this new system, the Weapons Applications Online (WAO) portal
on the Queensland Police Service website will be offline from 5 June 2020 to 18 June 2020.
All other online systems such as Permits to Acquire will remain accessible. Persons wishing
to apply for a weapons application during this period of unavailability will be asked to
manually complete an application form and lodge it via a police station for processing.
Weapons Licensing would appreciate this information regarding the WAO portal being
offline for new licence applications from 5 June 2020 being provided to your members.
Kind regards,
D W BUST
INSPECTOR
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